Ars at CES 2013 —

CES: 48 hours with Ars Technica in Sin City (gallery)

Ars is keeping its cameras on during CES, capturing gear, grub, and Gallagher.

Team Ars from left to right: Andrew Cunningham, Kyle Orland, Lee Hutchinson, Florence Ion, and Casey Johnston. Shown here discussing how much they enjoy being let out of the Orbiting HQ. (Discussing their gear for CES here)

Well, a portion of it anyway. Here, a handful of reporters from our sister site set up temporary shop at a cocktail table at Pepcom Digital Experience.

Just to hammer home the point, it's a who's who of the tech journalism community at this event. Here's Ars contributor Matt Braga, an unexpected surprise. (Pictured from left to right: Florence Ion, Tested's Norman Chan, and Matt Braga.)

In case you lost your way during Qualcomm's keynote, this "mobile" (get it?) of neon symbols could light your way.

#bluronpurpose of the strip at night, with the hotel New York New York to the left.

ION has revamped its standalone mobile DJ controller with Lightning support for the latest iOS devices.

I could personally get a lot of milage out of this waterproof Bluetooth speaker by jamming out to Ke$ha in the shower.

Among ION's many audio-related gadgets being released this year is a set of five capacitive touch-compatible DJ controllers that stick on to an iPad. They are compatible with ION's DJ2Go app as well as Algoriddim's djay for iPad.

A GM spokesperson demonstrated MyLink's integration with Siri's "Eyes-free" mode. The system can work with Android, but according to a contact we spoke with, Apple makes integrating with Siri "more robust" than Android at this point in time.

kubxlab has designed a series of cases for iOS devices which passively amplify the relatively quiet built in speakers. They are particularly proud of the iPad mini ampjacket, which ships in February; it includes integration with Apple's Smart Cover for better stability.

Was "Tested" trying to put unflattering lighting on those lovely Ars staffers? Sexism or not, it's just not nice to do that to the lady-folk. Nerd men no one cares about - light them all shiny and with no softboxes, no one cares. But nerd ladies... there's so few, please be nice to them so as to not drive them from the nerd camp.

You guys should go kidnap some video people from that Verge tractor-trailer thing and have them give some lessons to the Tested crew.

Is it me, or does it seem that ars doesn't produce as many posts lately? CES especially, I have you in my rss reader and it seems there's been less coverage compared to other sites. But I started thinking that prior to CES.

Is it me, or does it seem that ars doesn't produce as many posts lately? CES especially, I have you in my rss reader and it seems there's been less coverage compared to other sites. But I started thinking that prior to CES.

Actually, I think it's you! We're producing more posts than we ever have before.

Is it me, or does it seem that ars doesn't produce as many posts lately? CES especially, I have you in my rss reader and it seems there's been less coverage compared to other sites. But I started thinking that prior to CES.

Actually, I think it's you! We're producing more posts than we ever have before.